Charles Giron

Charles Giron based on a painting by John Singer Sargent

Charles Alexandre Giron (born April 2, 1850 in Geneva , † June 9, 1914 in Genthod ) was a Swiss figure and landscape painter .

Life

After Giron had started an apprenticeship as an enamelur , this broke off and took lessons from François Diday and Barthélemy Menn . In 1872 he moved to Paris , where he worked in Alexandre Cabanel's studio and studied at the École des beaux-arts . From 1876 he exhibited his works in the Salon de Paris . Giron mainly devoted himself to landscape and portrait painting . He lived in Cannes , England , Belgium and the Netherlands , among others . In the international upper class he was a very valued painter due to his elegant style. In 1887 he was awarded the Belgian Leopold Order , a year later he was accepted into the French Legion of Honor .

In 1896 Giron returned to Switzerland and subsequently lived in several places on Lake Geneva . He was a member of the Federal Art Commission three times ; from 1898 to 1900, from 1903 to 1905 and from 1909 to 1912. His best-known work is the 1902 mural The Cradle of the Confederation in the National Council Chamber of the Federal Palace in Bern .

In Geneva, a street and a school are named after Charles Giron.

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personal data
SURNAME	Giron, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Giron, Charles Alexandre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss figure and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 2, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH	Geneva
DATE OF DEATH	June 9, 1914
Place of death	Genthod